It was remarkable to see Iran’s 2009 green uprising through the eyes of cell phone recordings. While the recordings provided a vivid look at the protests and crackdown, they couldn’t capture the human drama that unfolded in people's lives. Graphic novels, however, are built for that.

Here in the U.S., sex is a common topic in media and in everyday conversation. But in parts of the Middle East, sex is talked about in very different ways. These differences have led to some misconceptions in the West about how sexuality is expressed in predominantly Muslim countries. Dr.